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In the criminal justice system,

the people are represented

by two separate, yet
equally important groups:

the police, who
investigate crime,

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

[tense music]

♪

[low tone]

[door slams]

[footsteps approaching]

I'm sorry.

[gunshot]

That's bold,

killing somebody with
all these windows here.

This time of night,
this neighborhood,

everybody's asleep
by the 10:00 news.

Bet you anything not
a single witness.

I'll take that
bet. What you got?

DOA is Alexander Lockett,
owner of the house.

911 call came in at
12:09 from a neighbor,

who heard multiple gunshots.

- Any witnesses?
- None so far.

CSU found a wallet and cell
phone inside his suit jacket.

Anything missing from
inside the house?

Not that we could tell.

It doesn't seem like a robbery.

Unless the killer was looking
for something specific.

What do you got?

Shot three times in the
chest at close range.

Shell casings are
here, 9-millimeter.

Alexander Lockett,

chief revenue officer
at Finley Madison.

The department store.

I was just there buying
a present for my wife.

It's our anniversary.
- Oh, yeah?

- Place was a ghost town.
- Yeah.

Brick and mortar retail is dead.

No offense.

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♪

Alexander Lockett was divorced.

Got a grown daughter, Melinda.

She's living in
Ohio. She's en route.

What about the ex-wife?

They split up a decade ago.

She's a diplomat
posted in Australia.

Confirmed with the
state department

that she hasn't been
back home all year.

The guy was a boy scout,
former colonel in the army.

Served in Iraq.

Moved into the private
sector ten years ago.

Hit it big as an executive

at a mall brand department
store, Finley Madison.

Neighbors all say he
was a stand-up guy.

Lived alone, but he was
friendly and respectful.

Well, somebody wanted him dead.

I mean, a swanky
place like that,

he must have had Fort
Knox-level security.

He's got cameras
covering the backyard,

but the security system's log
shows the footage was deleted

via the app on Lockett's
phone at 12:10 a.m.

Right after his
neighbors heard shots.

Do we have anything on the gun?

We're canvassing the area
for the murder weapon,

and we're also looking
for any video we can find.

You know, that guy
is awfully dressed up

for a midnight smoke
under the stars.

I wonder where he came
from, who he was with.

Financial workup just came in.

Shows where Lockett's
credit card was last used.

Alex is a regular.

Great guy. Really
generous tipper.

He lives...

Lived in the neighborhood.

Do you know who he was
here with that night?

Yeah, the woman he's
been seeing for a while.

- What time did they leave?
- Which one?

They left at different times.

Different times?

None of my business,
but something was off.

They're usually
very lovey-dovey,

but a place like
this, you can't help

but notice raised voices.

They definitely argued
until she ran out.

And Lockett didn't go after her?

No, he sulked over his
whiskey and then paid.

This girlfriend, you got a name?

Yeah, she's the one that
made the reservation.

I can't believe he's dead.

Who would do something
like that to him?

Can I ask you

how long you two had
been seeing each other?

Four months, but it
felt like longer.

We were making life
plans together.

He was gonna introduce
me to his daughter.

Does Melinda know?

She's been notified.
Yes, ma'am.

I understand you and Alexander

got in a fight last night.

We had an argument.

Disagreement in a
relationship is normal.

It's healthy even.

Well, I guess that depends

on what the argument
is about, right?

Well, Alex had been under
a lot of stress lately,

and last night, he was in
a particularly dark mood.

But when I asked him what was
wrong, he refused to tell me.

I chose to remove myself
from the situation.

Obviously, I regret that now.

I know you said
that Mr. Lockett

didn't share his feelings
with you last night,

but do you have a theory
about what was bothering him?

Not specifically, but it...

It definitely had
something to do with work.

Employees all loved Alex.

He was tough but fair.

And he cared, like, for real.

He worked hard to
keep people employed,

but not his fault the
company is failing.

So you don't know anybody who
would have wanted to hurt him?

[scoffs] Well, I
didn't say that.

Yesterday, Sonya Chakrabarti,
the CFO, ripped him...

Had words with him.

- What kind of words?
- Excessively harsh ones.

It was more like a
verbal MMA fight, really.

Here's Alex's office.

- [whistles]
- Looks more than verbal to me.

Before Sonya stormed
out of his office,

she grabbed a glass paperweight
and threw it at him.

Just missed his head.

What do you think
she was so mad about?

I think they were
having an affair.

- Why do you say that?
- She kept yelling at him.

"I'm sick of all the secrets,"
or something like that.

This Sonya Chakrabarti,
where's her office?

Second door on the right, but
she's working from home today.

- Sonia Chakrabarti.
- Where are you headed?

I have a plane to catch.
What's this all about?

We need to ask
you some questions

about Alexander Lockett.

I'm not saying a word
without my lawyer.

In that case,

it looks like you're
missing your flight.

I assure you, I was
not having an affair

with Alex Lockett.

Yeah, we saw the crater you
left in his office wall.

You've got a good arm.

You were tired of being
his little secret.

You wanted to go public,
but he broke it off.

That would make anybody angry.

Why must men always reduce
a woman down to sex?

My client is the chief
financial officer

of a Fortune 500
company, Detective.

A position I take
very seriously.

So why the yelling match?

Fraud.

I discovered that
Alex had secured

a $300 million bank
loan from the company.

As CFO, isn't that something
you should have handled?

Exactly. That's
why I was upset.

He went behind my back.

Any reason why?

He inflated the company's
earning projections,

wanted to make sure
the bank said yes.

So you were upset?

Upset enough to throw
a heavy object at him?

That's correct.

But I didn't kill
him, for God's sake.

But the truth is,

I really liked Alex.

He was a good man.

Just in over his
head, if you ask me.

Meaning what?

Meaning he wasn't cut out
for the corporate world.

Didn't like all the politics.

Just did what the CEO told him.

Why on Earth would
I murder Alex?

To cover up financial crimes
that you made him commit.

Any exposure could lead to
an SEC investigation, fines.

Maybe you're looking
at jail time.

Guy like you, you don't want.

Except there was no crime.

We found video of you
on Alexander's block

less than an hour
before he ended up

with three bullets in his chest.

You just couldn't be sure
he'd keep his mouth shut.

I went there to calm Alex down,

assure him Sonya's
hysterics had no merit.

You scammed $300 million
with made up numbers.

You call that no merit?

Projections are made up
numbers by definition.

What we did was perfectly legal.

There's no law against
being optimistic.

So why cut your CFO
out of the loop?

Because she has no
financial imagination.

So I told Alex to handle
it. Simple as that.

So Alexander had
the imagination.

No, but he followed orders.

He was former army,
a good soldier.

I knew I could count on him.

Alex was alive and well

when I left his house a
little before midnight.

Feel free to verify
with my driver.

Now, if you'll
excuse me, gentlemen,

I have a company to run.

[phone buzzes]

It's Dixon.

We need to get back
to the crime scene.

What's up?

Alexander's daughter
just got there.

She says something is
missing from his brownstone.

I'm not the kind of person

who can just sit
around and wallow,

so I figured I'd
start putting together

the outfit my father would
want to be buried in.

That's when I discovered
it was missing.

You're saying it was a medal.

A Distinguished Service Cross.

That's one of the highest
commendations there is.

It was in honor of his service

as the base commander
of Camp Victory in Iraq.

It meant a lot to him.

And you're sure it was stolen?

Yes, it was framed on
the wall right here.

Nothing else is missing
or out of place?

No, just that.

Do you know of any reason

why someone would
want to take that?

No, it wasn't worth a
lot of money or anything.

It doesn't make any sense.

So if the medal was stolen
by whoever murdered Lockett,

that must mean his
death is somehow related

to his military career.

Yeah, and we think we know how.

Yee went through
traffic cam videos

from Lockett's neighborhood

from around the
time of the murder.

Now, she cross-referenced
veteran records

with vehicle registration
records and got a hit.

A brown and tan truck
shows up multiple times

in the 20-minute window
before Lockett was shot.

Just circling the block

while the CEO is
inside with Lockett.

It's registered
to a Shane Risner.

36. Single. Spotty
employment records.

Spotty because Risner was
dishonorably discharged

from the army back in 2008.

And guess what?

The court martial was signed

by none other than U.S. Army
Colonel Alexander T. Lockett.

So our vic DD'ed this guy?

And that stain follows
you around for life.

You lose your VA benefits,

don't qualify for
unemployment, can't get a loan.

So this Shane Risner is
just looking for revenge.

Mm.

Let's go find him.

[knocks at door]

Police. Open up.

What's going on?

We'll looking for Shane Risner.

You're a little late.

Why is that? He
take off somewhere?

No, he died three days ago.

Shane Risner died by suicide

a day before Lockett
was murdered.

The system hadn't updated yet.

That's why we didn't know.

He OD'd on meds and left a note.

So who the hell is driving
around in the truck?

Don't know. The traffic cams

didn't get a clear shot
of the driver's face.

I'm guessing it was
somebody close to Risner,

who blamed Lockett
for the suicide.

And took Risner's truck
to go and kill him?

Well, how else do you
explain the coincidence?

I've got something.

I was able to access
the anti-theft device

on Risner's truck.

It's on the move, heading
east onto 80 outside Newark.

All right, I'll contact
Jersey State Police

and Essex County
Sheriff's Department.

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♪

Target vehicle has parked

in the Saint Teresa's
parking lot on 44th.

Hold on.

I know that guy.

That's Shane Risner's associate.

They served together in Iraq.

Vincent Martinez.

It's got to be him.

This has got to be
Risner's funeral.

Oh, we need to grab him now.
- No. Hey, Frank.

Frank, no, no, no.

Look, you and I can go in there
and keep eyes on Martinez,

and we can wait for a discreet
moment to approach after.

- Discreet?
- Yeah.

This guy is murder
suspect number one.

We don't know if he's armed,

whether he's going in there
to shoot up the place.

He's not gonna
shoot up the place.

It's a veteran's funeral.

- So?
- So?

Frank, my brother's
in the military.

My father was.

These funerals matter,

so let's just try to show
them some respect, huh?

- Discreet.
- Discreet.

[gentle music]

♪

Damn it.

NYPD! Stop!

[tense music]

♪

Sergeant Martinez,
you're under arrest

for the murder of
Alexander Lockett.

Discreet enough for you?

I'm telling you, I
had nothing to do

with Colonel Lockett's death.

Shane Risner's father said

you bought Shane's
truck from him.

The same truck that was parked

outside the colonel's house

the night he was killed...

Your former commanding officer.

Sergeant, you're
looking at murder two.

25 to life.

I'm telling you, it wasn't me.

The night before
last, I was at a bar

with some buddies from the unit.

Millie's.

We used to go there with Shane

before his lungs
were so shredded

he could barely leave the house.

Shane was sick?

He was dying.

Pulmonary fibrosis.

Suicide was just a shortcut,

but you can't put
that in the obit.

You guys were in Iraq.

Burn pits.

Army burned all kinds
of nasty-ass stuff.

And we'd just
breathe in the smoke,

day in and day out.

And now, we all got problems.

You blame Lockett for that?

I don't blame
anybody for anything.

And I was at the
bar till closing.

Look, I know you guys got
a raw deal over there,

but, Sergeant, it
was your truck.

If you weren't driving, who was?

I don't know
anything about that.

CSU found blood in the truck.

It's a DNA match.
Alexander Lockett.

Well, that explains
why Martinez ran.

No, his alibi is airtight.

He was at that bar,
Millie's, all night.

There's video of him.

He couldn't have killed Lockett.

I bet he knows who did.

I've been running
the prints CSU lifted

from the interior of the truck.

Three latents from
the driver's side door

belonged to a Luke Fallon.

He served in the same unit
as Risner and Martinez.

At the funeral, there was
a picture at the entrance.

There was three guys:

Martinez, Risner,
and the third guy.

That's the third guy.

Fallon has a registered
gun, a SIG Sauer P365.

That's a 9-mil.

Same caliber used
to kill Lockett.

All right. Let's
bring this guy in.

His address is in New
Jersey, but his Metro card

was just used 19 minutes ago to
board a Q39 bus in Sunnyside.

Queens.

Where's he going?

I think I know.

Luke Fallon, NYPD.
Show me your hands.

Show me your hands!

Keep them up.

Hey, hey, hey, hey,
put that hand up.

Put that hand up.

What do you know?

Lockett's medal.

I just got a call

from the Office of the
Undersecretary of Defense

looking for a status report

on the case against Colonel
Alexander Lockett's killer.

That's an impressive
level of investment.

Lockett retired
almost a decade ago.

Active service or not,

the army notices when
a decorated war hero

is brutally murdered.

What did you tell them?

That justice will be served.

I assume you agree.
- I do.

Even though you can't place
Fallon at the murder scene.

I can come close.

I can put him in the truck,

where Lockett's blood was found
on the night of the murder.

How?

I'm gonna call Vincent Martinez.

I thought Martinez wasn't
interested in cooperating.

He wasn't

until I threatened to charge
him with accomplice to murder.

He'll be a hostile witness.

Mr. Martinez, how do
you know the defendant?

We were stationed
together in Iraq.

Camp Victory, just
outside Baghdad.

We served on the same
unit from 2006 to 2008.

And did you see the
defendant on September 27,

the day that Alexander
Lockett was murdered?

I don't know.

You don't know if
you saw him or not?

I don't know.

Yeah, I guess I
saw him that day.

And did Luke Fallon ask

if he could borrow your
truck that evening?

Mr. Martinez?

I have nothing to say.

Answer the question,
Mr. Martinez.

I'm sorry, but no.

Answer the question,

or you'll be held in
contempt of court.

- Mr. Martinez...
- You do what you have to do.

- Please, Your Honor...
- I'm serious, Mr. Martinez.

And so am I.

Then I find you in contempt.

Officer, take charge.

So what exactly are we
hoping to find here?

Anything to salvage this case.

Oh, just that?

If we could find
video or a witness

that saw Luke Fallon in
Risner's truck that night,

then we could at least
place him at Lockett's house

when the murder occurred.
- We tried.

The only video that
we could recover,

other than the traffic cam that
was near Lockett's brownstone,

was off of an exit of Garden
State Parkway at 12:58 a.m.

But the visor was down, so we
couldn't see who was driving.

Well, that's less than
an hour after the murder.

Is the exit the truck got off

the one closest
to Fallon's house?

No, it's actually not.
It's four earlier.

That means, presuming
Fallon was the one driving,

that he didn't go directly
home after killing Lockett.

Why?
- Our theory:

that's when he was
ditching the murder weapon.

It's close to the hospital
where Shane Risner

was getting treatment for
his pulmonary fibrosis.

His father told us that
Fallon and Martinez

took turns taking him
to his appointments

because he wasn't feeling well
enough to drive himself, so...

When I was prepping
Vincent Martinez,

he told me that sometimes
after treatments

Risner asked to go to
a park in the area.

Branch Brook Park?

That's it. That's the one.

He said Risner had
difficulty breathing,

so he liked to sit on a bench

and enjoy the fresh air
coming off the lake.

Detective, were you able
to run a ballistics test

on the gun you
recovered from the lake?

We were.

The striations on
the bullets retrieved

from Colonel Lockett's
body matched the rifling

and characteristics
of that firearm.

Confirming that this is the gun

that was used to murder
Alexander Lockett?

That's correct.

And is the gun registered?

Yes.

To Luke Fallon, the defendant.

Thank you, Detective.

We have no questions for
this witness at this time.

Detective Shaw,
you may step down.

- Thank you, Your Honor.
- Prosecution rests.

Your Honor, the defense would
like to inform the court

that we're filing a
motion to change our plea.

To what?

Not guilty by
reason of insanity.

Fallon now admits he
shot Alexander Lockett,

just claims he wasn't
in his right mind

when it actually happened.

They're going with a
temporary insanity defense.

A variation thereof.

It turns out Fallon
has a glioblastoma,

a brain tumor on
his frontal lobe.

The defense is arguing it
impacted his impulse control.

How did we not know about this?

It was diagnosed only a
week before the murder.

He hadn't received
treatment yet,

and by their account,
hadn't told anyone,

including his
attorney, until now.

That's strains credulity.

Judge thought so too

but ultimately accepted
their change of plea.

Studies have linked
glioblastomas

specifically to toxic
exposure from burn pits.

So from Fallon's perspective,

Colonel Lockett was
not only responsible

for his best friend's suicide
but also for his own diagnosis.

That only strengthens his
motive to kill Lockett.

But the defense has
a neurooncologist

who will testify that the tumor
is to blame for the murder

and impaired Fallon's ability
to control his actions

and distinguish right
from wrong in the moment.

That's not true, but
it's good strategy.

Allows them to
introduce the burn pits

and the tragic aftermath.

Paint the defendant
as the victim.

In a way, he is.

Whether Lockett knew the burn
pits were harmful or not,

he refused to get rid of them.

Now these guys are
sick. I mean, real sick.

If I'm on the jury,
I wouldn't convict

the soldier who got a brain
tumor he didn't deserve.

You saying we
should offer a plea?

No, absolutely not. This
murder was premeditated.

I agree.

But Ms. Maroun's right.

The jury is gonna eat this up,

so make it clear to them
what the defense is doing,

using the defendant's
brain tumor

to emotionally manipulate
them into ignoring the facts.

Glioblastoma is one

of the most aggressive
types of brain cancer.

Unfortunately, it's
almost always terminal.

And Dr. Simon, do we know
what causes glioblastoma?

Likely a combination of factors.

Genetic predisposition,
exposure to carcinogens.

Exposure like that
inflicted upon soldiers

forced to inhale toxic
smoke from burn pits?

Yes, studies have shown
a clear correlation.

Glioblastoma incidence is
very low among cancer types,

about 1 per 10,000 cases.

But for those who spent
significant amounts of time

around the burn pits, it's
astronomically higher.

During your evaluation
of Luke Fallon,

what did he tell you happened

on the evening of September 27?

He reported an
upsetting conversation

with his former base commander

and then experiencing
a total blackout.

When he emerged,
he had no memory

of pulling out or
firing his weapon.

Dr. Simon, in your
professional opinion,

was Luke Fallon's
tumor responsible

for his shooting
Alexander Lockett?

Yes, I believe Mr. Fallon
had no ability to control

or understand the consequences
of his actions at the time.

Thank you. No
further questions.

Dr. Simon,

you testified that the
defendant's tumor was to blame

for his losing
control in the moment.

Is it also responsible

for Mr. Fallon asking
Vincent Martinez

if he could borrow his truck
on the night in question?

No, I can't see how it would be.

Is it responsible

for his driving to
Alexander Lockett's home

with a loaded
semiautomatic pistol?

No.

Did it make him drive around
the block for 20 minutes,

waiting for Lockett to be alone,

and sneak onto his
property with said gun?

No.

Thank you.

No further questions.

We knew those burn
pits were deadly.

We'd wake up in the middle of
the night unable to breathe,

choking on this thick
cloud that smelled like...

They were burning medical waste,

chemicals.

We begged Colonel
Lockett to do something.

I mean, guys were
coughing up blood.

But the colonel's residence

is on the north end of the base,

upwind from the smoke,

so why should he care, right?

What happened on the
night of September 27?

Shane had just killed himself.

I was upset.

This is Shane Risner?

The two of you were
close, weren't you?

Closer than brothers.

There wasn't a day
in the last two years

he wasn't in excruciating pain
from the pulmonary fibrosis.

And he was wracked with guilt

about putting his family
in debt with medical bills

because you lose
your VA benefits

when you're
dishonorably discharged.

His esophagus disintegrated.

It literally hurt
for him to breathe,

so he...

[clears throat]

I went over to the
colonel's house

because I wanted him to know

what happened because of him.

And what did you do
when you got there?

I confronted him. I
wanted an apology.

I wanted him to
say he was wrong,

but he refused.

He wouldn't even say
the burn pits were bad.

I got angry,

and the next thing I remember,

I was standing over
him holding my gun.

But I swear,

I never went there
intending to hurt him.

Then why bring your gun?

I always have it on me.

After so many years in the
service, it's second nature.

But I've never fired
it outside of combat

and never would.

No further questions.

Let's break here for the day.

We'll resume in the morning
for cross-examination.

[gavel slams]

Excuse me, Counselors.

Sergeant Major Bryce Crawford,
Army Office of Public Affairs.

Do you have a moment?

I have been tasked with
keeping tabs on this case,

for obvious reasons.

I can imagine.

I have something
you need to see.

What am I looking at?

It's an after-incident
report from 2008

involving Sergeant Luke Fallon.

Involving how?

The details of it are in there,

but the gist of it...

During a routine night patrol

in an area just
outside of Baghdad,

Sergeant Fallon
got in an argument

with three unarmed
Iraqi civilians.

The fight got physical.

Sergeant Fallon
discharged his firearm,

killing one of the civilians.

He's killed someone before?

Why wasn't this report

in Fallon's military
personnel file?

Due to the sensitive nature
of the army's presence

in that particular
region at that time,

it was deemed classified.

Was he ever formally
charged with anything?

He was sent home.

His time in the army was over.

And for reasons of
national security,

the report was never
made public knowledge.

But given its
value in this case,

I've been authorized
to declassify it.

This is helpful.

This directly refutes his claim
he'd never fired his weapon

outside of active combat
prior to having the tumor.

It also conveniently
shifts the focus away

from the army's culpability
surrounding the burn pits.

With all due respect, ma'am,

operational decisions are easy
to criticize with hindsight.

At the time, the army had been

using burn pits
for over 100 years.

But when the kind of waste
you were burning changed,

your procedure for burning
it should have changed too.

We know that now.

That's why we transitioned to
using industrial incinerators.

What's important right
now is winning the case

and using this document

to prove that Fallon
isn't some noble martyr.

He's a trigger happy hothead

who responds to
conflict with violence,

tumor or no tumor.

We got him, Sam.

That report details
how Luke Fallon shot

and killed an unarmed...

I know what it says.

Why are you showing it to me?

I know that you feel a
sense of duty to Luke,

but he's a murderer
who belongs in prison.

I'm sorry,
Mr. Price, but that,

it's a bunch of crap.

I was there.

It wasn't a routine patrol.

Fallon was sent on a mission
to recover stolen ordnance.

He was instructed
to use deadly force

because the
insurgents were armed.

But the intel was bad,

even worse that an innocent
civilian was killed

because they were wrong
about who took them.

You're saying they
just wholesale lied?

Standard procedure.

Disavow.

Regardless of what
that report says,

Luke Fallon was just
following orders.

I don't feel comfortable
using that report.

Because one soldier called
its veracity into question?

Because I believe him.

For all we know,
Vincent Martinez

could be the one lying,

trying, yet again, to protect
his fellow unit member.

I'm pretty good at telling
when someone is lying to me.

Don't you think it's a
little too convenient

that this perfect
piece of evidence

just fell from the sky at
exactly the right moment?

Gift horses, Ms. Maroun.

The army failed to
protect Fallon back then,

and now they're trying to
distract from that fact

by impeaching his
character with lies.

And they want to
use us to do it.

The tragedy of his
cancer diagnosis

doesn't change the fact that
Luke Fallon committed murder.

I agree, but getting a guilty
verdict with evidence...

We have no proof that
the report is a lie.

I don't trust...

Nolan, this
conversation is over.

If you can get the conviction
another way, be my guest.

If not, you're using the report.

[chuckles]

Are you pulling rank, Jack?

Damn right I am!

Understood.

You find anything?

Negative.

You?

Maybe.

I've been looking through

Alexander Lockett's
military personnel file,

and I found something odd.

The week before he
retired from service,

the army offered him a
position back here in New York.

Cushy deal too.
Title bump, good pay.

But he turned it down.

Maybe he'd already
gotten a better offer

in the private sector.

No, I don't think so.

Mr. Fallon, yesterday
you testified

that you never fired your
weapon outside of combat.

Why did you make
that distinction,

between using a weapon
in combat versus not?

Because in combat, I'm
operating under orders.

So if you're ordered
to shoot someone,

you believe it changes
your culpability

in whatever the outcome is?

Yes, because I
don't have a choice.

I'm following the
chain of command.

But you held Alexander
Lockett responsible

for the negative
impacts of the burn pit

suffered by you and
your fellow soldiers.

That's different.

He was the one insisting
that they be used.

He wasn't following orders.

He was giving them.

Your Honor, the prosecution
is entering into evidence

People's Exhibit 27.

This is the official paperwork
submitted by Alexander Lockett

when he retired from the army.

Were you aware why he left?

No, it happened after
my tours were over.

He submitted a written statement

detailing his
reasons for leaving.

"It has been my honor to
serve our great nation,

"and I have nothing
but the utmost respect

"for the brave men and women
with whom I have served.

"It is on their behalf

"that I must leave
the institution

"I have dedicated my life to.

"For four years,
I have requested

"that my base be allowed

"to cease the
utilization of burn pits

"for the disposing of waste,

"but repeatedly,

"these requests have been denied

"and I have been ordered

to maintain protocol."

Can you please read this
passage aloud for the court?

"I have been forced

"to do something that
I believe is harmful,

"and I can no longer
in good conscience

"participate in a system

that does not protect those
who so valiantly protect us."

You claimed that on the
night of September 27th,

you confronted Lockett, and
he refused to apologize,

but that's not what
happened, is it?

I didn't know.

Objection.

Overruled. Sit
down, Ms. Knight.

If you had confronted him,

he would have given you the
apology you claim you wanted...

And explained

that he tried to honor
his duty to protect you.

But you didn't even give him
a chance to talk, did you?

You just did what you went
there specifically to do.

Murder him.

I'm sorry.

I thought...

[sobbing]

I'm so, so sorry.

[solemn music]

♪

Mr. Foreman, has the
jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

On the charge of murder
in the second degree,

we find the defendant,
Luke Fallon, guilty.

♪

I can't thank you enough for
clearing my father's name.

Well, now that
the trial is over,

we'll make sure his
Distinguished Service Cross

is returned to you.

I appreciate that.

If you'll excuse me.

Of course.

You were right.

Alexander Lockett tried
to protect his men,

but he chose to follow
the chain of command

and ended up dying for it.

He was a soldier, and
he was following orders.

I get it.

Still not sure that
makes it right.

No one ever said it did.

♪

[dramatic music]

♪

[wolf howls]